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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Total
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5
Bikram
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6
3.2
mi@10:40
+ strides
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7
5 mi@10:20
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8
3.2 mi@11:09
20 min strength
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9
Rest
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10
6 mi@11:22
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11
8.9 mi@11:41
Winter Classic 5K
28:54
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29.6 mi
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On Monday, I went back to Bikram as my cross training. The heat was much more bearable than the first time, so I felt like I was actually getting a little more out of the poses (since I wasn't worried about passing out). I already posted about Wednesday's run, so I'll just say that it was much faster than a normal midweek run thanks to my awesome running buddies. Tuesday and Thursday were uneventful three milers.
Saturday was an easy six miles where I managed to keep the pace fairly steady until I hit wind and traffic lights after the turn.
| 1 | 11:11 | 11'11"/mi |
| 2 | 22:21 | 11'10"/mi |
| 3 | 33:30 | 11'09"/mi |
| 4 | 44:29 | 10'59"/mi |
| 5 | 56:06 | 11'37"/mi |
| 6 | 1:08:14 | 12'08"/mi |
Which brings me to Sunday's epic running adventure. Last week Diane convinced me to sign up for the Dec 11 Winter Classic 5K. We went to pick up our packets Friday evening and were very happy to discover that we were both on the "nice" list (rather than the "naughty" list) so we got cool fleece hats! The long-sleeved cotton tshirts were pretty cool, too.
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| You can almost see the shirt in this picture of our super awesome post-race graham cracker house |
I had 12 miles on the schedule for Sunday, so I plotted out a 9 mile course ending at the race start and woke up early (for me, anyway) to get the miles in before the 10:30am start. I did an easy 8 miles along the river, then I picked up Diane near her apartment and we jogged to the start. My goal was to run the 5K in under 30 minutes on fried legs, which was actually a fairly tall order given that my 5K PR isn't a whole lot speedier than that at 27:41. We timed things perfectly and arrived at the bar sponsoring the race about 15 minutes before the start. Just enough time to take a mint chocolate Gu, re-pin my bib, and get a really annoying rock out of my shoe. And switch my iPod over from my audio book to my Christmas playlist.
There was no seeding, so the start was a little chaotic, but I broke free after about a quarter mile and settled on a just-over-nine-minute pace. After the first mile my legs really started complaining. Just after the 2 mile mark, the road started a slight incline. My legs were not having it, so I took a quick walk break and had a few sips of water from my camelbak. After that, I was powered through to the end, although that last .1 seemed endless! I almost crashed when the woman in front of me stopped immediately after crossing the finish line. Not cool!
According to my watch, I finished in 28:54, which I was very happy with. The splits were 9:14, 9:05, 9:08. My official time was 29:45 since I was back a bit from the start and they didn't have a start mat to calculate net time. I was exhausted, but after two months of recovery and easing back into full training, it felt great to know that I had really pushed myself.
After the race, my legs were completely dead and we were freezing, so we stopped at a bar about halfway home to enjoy some super delicious cheeseburgers. We spent the rest of the afternoon drinking peppermint schnapps hot chocolate, watching Christmas movies, and building an awesome graham cracker house.
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| In case you couldn't fully appreciate it in the last photo |
I'm a little concerned about how much my left shin has been hurting since the epic adventure, but I'm hoping that icing and resting today will take care of it. This week is a stepback week, so my legs will get a little bit of a break. But I am running another Christmas-themed 5K on Sunday. Still deciding whether to run it for the PR or just take it easy ...
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Total
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12
Cross
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13
Easy: 3 mi
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14
MSD: 5 mi
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15
Easy: 3 mi
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16
Rest
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17
LSD: 9 mi
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18
Jingle Bell 5K
Pace: 3 mi
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26 mi
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